Doctors are set to launch the first NHS internet addiction clinic amid fears over dangerous online video games. The clinic will help adults and children with gaming disorders, with children as young ...

A 15-year-old middle schoolboy strangled his mother earlier this week in a fit of anger during an argument over his playing of violent computer games and then took his own life, sounding a wake-up ...

Do you feel lost without your smartphone in hand and a strong WiFi signal? Scientists have developed a new internet addiction spectrum that reveals just how reliant you are on having a connection. At ...

Changes in multiple neural networks can result in further addictive tendencies and negative behaviours, researchers say Young people with internet addiction experience changes in their brain chemistry ...

Children and young adults who are addicted to computer games will be able to be treated for gaming disorder by the NHS. The new NHS service for gaming addicted youngsters is part of the Centre of ...

Computer gaming is an industry fizzing with creativity and wonder but in its shadows lurks the growing concern that it is exposing a ­generation to addiction. The excitement of these games unfolds in ...

I’m sitting in a hammock, with a beautiful view of the Pacific Ocean. My family, palm trees and swimming pools surround me on my blissful vacation. But the thing I notice most of all when surrounded ...

The increasing prevalence of screens and social media in the lives of children and adolescents have been a hot topic. There has been much public discussion and intense public debate about the ways ...

South Korea is the most connected country in the entire world. Almost everybody has a smartphone and access to the internet, but this has come with a darker side. Official figures for last year show ...